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The folk rock band America began as three kids of U.S. Air Force officers stationed in England. Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek, all songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, got together in the mid-1960s. After high school, they named themselves America, honoring their country, which they sorely missed. Their debut album, America, released in 1971, was a modest success, but the first single 'I Need You' didn't land as expected. However, after the album was re-released with the song 'A Horse With No Name,' America had its first hit, hitting Number 1 on Billboard charts. The band's second album Homecoming, in 1972, went gold, led by the hit single 'Ventura Highway' and earned America a Grammy Award for Best New Artist that year. Their third album Hat Trick didn't score as well, with only one minor hit, the cover 'Muskrat Love.' But after America teamed with legendary Beatles producer George Martin (and Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick), they hit again with their fourth album, Holiday, released in 1975, which featured two Top Ten hits, 'Tin Man,' and 'Lonely People.' Again, with the release in 1975 of Hearts America scored hits with 'Sister Golden Hair,' 'Daisy Jane' and 'Woman Tonight.' By the time their label, Warner Bros., released History: America's Greatest Hits in late 1975, the band had established an international reputation for memorable, easy-to-listen-to hits and the compilation went platinum. That's what you'll hear with America tickets, memorable hits that will make you smile. America has continued recording and performing since their huge 1970s success, more than two dozen albums in all.